Lubuklinggau railway station
Railway station in Indonesia
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Lubuklinggau Station (LLG) is a class I railway station located in Lubuklinggau Barat II District, Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Located at an altitude of +130 meters, it is the northernmost and westernmost railway station in South Sumatra province. The station serves the city of Lubuklinggau and is the only railway station in the city.
Lubuklinggau Station in 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Jalan Kalimantan, Pasar Permiri, Lubuklinggau Barat II, Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Indonesia | ||||
| Coordinates | 3.293434°S 102.864223°E | ||||
| Elevation | +130m | ||||
| Owned by | Kereta Api Indonesia | ||||
| Managed by | Kereta Api Indonesia | ||||
| Line | |||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform 1 island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | LLG • 6001[1] | ||||
| Classification | Class I[1] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 June 1933 | ||||
| Original company | Zuid-Sumatra Staatsspoorwegen | ||||
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History
At the start of the 1930s, the state-owned railway company Zuid-Sumatra Staatsspoorwegen was constructing a new railway line connecting Muara Enim to Lahat with terminus at Lubuklinggau, which was finished by mid-1933.[2] Lubuklinggau Station and the line itself were opened on 1 June 1933.[3][4]
Building and layout
The station has four railway lines, with line 2 being a straight line. Line 1 is connected to a dead-end track which goes to the train crew administration office south of the station's main building. To the east of the station is a locomotive shed. The railway tracks continued to a Pertamina oil depot north of the station.